Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-09-07
pleasant memory of me after I am


you go, Miss lhpudence. What are
you remarking about my room?"
Nothing but the truth; the paper is
soIled, the ceiling smoky, the furniture
miserably shabby. Now let me re-
model it, Will yOuY''
Her uncle looked ut the earnest face
for a moment
Not nice enough for a visIt?''
"Ges, indeed, Uncle Toni My visit
will be over by the time get the room
arranged, but l should know you will
have nice. cheerful library the COM
ing winter"
Commence then at once II you are
SO anxious for me to be comfortable.
But you need not do the work yourself;
just oversee, and have it done good
and substantial, keep an accurate ac-
count of all expenditures" "
IL WILL" answered Kate. "And il
please you in this, may 1 refurnlsh
your own room and make 1t look bright
and cheerful?''
Wen see." he answered, as he left
the library, saying to himself, There
Is something in that girl do not
understand"
by noon Katie had the old paper off
the walls, With the help of one of the
D
[ painters, paper, carpet and all the
| things she needed Her uncle told her
% please herself. She only stipulated
| .or him not TO enter the room until all
was completed
How Katie did work and planI And
/ when all was finished bright ire was
/ lit in the open fireplace, with its shin
/ Ing brass audirons; library lamp shed
| ItS soft rays over the long table; Uncle
| Toms own bookcase, so polished you
/ could never have guessed il 10 be the
same, stood in Its usual place, a writing
. desk stood near, filled with all neceS-
Sary articles, and in the cOSieSt corner
WAS placed an easy chair. y dressing =
gown WAS tkTCwu across the back, and
I a pair or slippers on a soft rug in front.
l Katie WAS prettily dressed ''for the
\ opening" she said, as she came into
/ the dIuing-rOOm-
at is open sesame tonight. Uncle
/ Tom; no lingering a. the tea-table." "
/ Kate led the way. taking her uncle's
arm, and placed him in the easy-chair.
'My!" he exclaimed. "ThIs is
princeIy. Where am L? You must
/ belong TO the fairy clan, KATIE
Only the fairy of money, Uncle
Tom
Money!" exclaimed Clara. "we
shall all be in the pOorhOuSe II things
20 on at this rate
I'VE ought to, - said Uncle Tom. III
we can't Tx one room. Get your banjo,
little gIrl, II you are not too tired, and
play your liveliest music-''
II thought" said Katie, ''yOu might
like to see the cost OF my TefurniShing. "
II don't care for cost" he au-
swered. ~ shall give you one thousand
dollars IN the morning, and you CAR
pay all the bills and keep on TeaTTaug-
ing, Katie" "
You are crazy, Uncle Thomasr'
whIned Clara, That girl Will bring
US to want, TO absolute poverty"
''She Will bring me some comfort
what you never dld-so please keep
quiet"
Clara saw for a moment her fortune
waverIng, and held her peace
The next morning Uncle Tom Wa,
up before Katie, seated in his easy
chair, with bright IRE, feeling like Z
king, he told her, rs she entered witt
her pleasant greeting.
II want you TO keep on fixing
Katie. until the house is what it Ough
TO have been thirty years ago"
Clara was constantly finding faul
with the spending OF so much money.
THE beautiful home Will be yours
Clara, =" said Katie. You know yol
are Uncle Toms heiress; why shoul,
. you careI"
~ shall sell the old place at ono,
: when 1t is mine and live III the city
and this spending so much money doe
, not suit me.
, wait until you get the Heights,
a N "A
! moment.
Clara apologiZed, and said that hatI
, was taking away the home look.
. at Is more comfortable" said he
! | uncle. "You let Katie alone; l vii
: take all the risks. Keep right on, IN
little gIrl; it suits me-
Foreign letters, Katie" said Unclt
A Tom, as she came into the library on
; morning, ''frOm the son OF my oil
, friend, Colonel Shepley. l was IN th
: East India trade with him for man
wears, and finally sold out to HIM whe
b | bought the Heights. Do you remea
Der the ladr He was here on Wis
! at the same time with yourself an
mother when you were little thing.
G "Raiph Shepleyr' exclaimed Kate
'tI think L do" We did nOt harmon
e ize,'' she said, laughing. HE drowne
: nv doll, and then said he was onl
[ irving to see if she could swim. l Wa
but a little thing then, but 1 Temembe
e calling him a mergerer for drownin
NV pretty Bessie. How L cried wheI
: ever 1 thought OF the drowningl II
' bought me some candy, but 1 woul
. not take it, aud refused to be CON
i forted."
d .sHis father died some years ago,
said her uncle, ''and Ralph has settle
= up the business and Is coming home {
J live. He will be IN New York mel
e week. L shall write TO him TO con
% 20 the Heights at once, for l have
II sincere regard for the son OF my o
frien 1, and want to see what Kind OF
" man he has made. Then perhaps
and Clara might strike bargain, al
l if liked HIM, 1t would be pleasant
1 keep him near me. Can you get Il
house uxed, Kate? Don't spare Il
]. money and don't work too hard"
N He is always planning for Cla
and thinking for her happiness;
te matter about me-" thought hati
ssBut I will go on, and his home shs
,d be tit to welcome any friend, no matt
Ia how high his standing. L do wond
[ If Ralph remembers that DOLL He W
real sorry, and We parted very go'
Id friends, he promising TO bring 4
IN something splendid from that caste
We land. Has he forgotten itp" And 8
Id dayithe words were in her heart.
OF In the evening Katie played al
IS; sang her very best songs. and VII
is Uncle Tom had babe her goodnight
laid his hand on her glossy tresst
or saying she was the dearest little ha'
in the world, and he had written :
", mother that very day for lengtheni
he of her visit
er Ralph Shepley had been In Ne
NO York one week when Uncle Ton
n: kindly invitation came He answer
Ok by telegram, "Will come Tuesday eve
or ing train"
Uncle Tom was at the depot on tin